Oil gauge rod wiper



April 20, 1954 R; JQDAVIS OIL GAUGE ROD WIPER Filed Jan. 2, 1951 flllIIII II Illllllillli iiii II Raymond J. Davis 1N VEN TOR.

Patented Apr. 20, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 01L GAUGE ROD WIPERRaymond J. Davis, Hollandale, Miss.

Application January 2, 1951, Serial No. 203,852

6 Claims. (01. 15-210) The present invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in wipers for the oil gauge rods of motor vehicles and moreparticularly to a wiper which may be carried in a convenient position onthe belt of a service station attendant.

An important object of the invention is to provide a wiper in which apair of wiper jaws are ried in a container to collect excess oil and 1handles are provided for the jaws outwardly of A still further object isto construct wire holding jaws for the pad and on which the pad may bemoved to bring clean portions of the pad into wiping position.

Another object is to provide a gaugemod wiper of simple and practicalconstruction which is efficient and reliable in operation, neat andattractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, andotherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of theinvention which will later become apparent as the following descriptionproceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of whichhas been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on a line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a top plan view; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the united wire jaws and handles.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention,the numeral 5 designates a resilient wire frame constructed to provide apair of jaws 6 and a pair of handles 1.

Each jaw 6 includes a vertical rod 8 having a horizontal arm 9 at itsupper end and a short upstanding portion Ill at the outer end of thearm. Each handle 1 also includes a vertical outwardly inclined rodpositioned outwardly of an adjacent jaw and with the upper end of therod ll united with its companion jaw 6 by a zig-zag connector bar l2connected to the upper end of the upstanding portion l0 and bar I2 isoffset at a point between its ends to form a stop l3.

The lower ends of handles 1 are united by a cross bar M which underliesa circular connecting arm [5 which unites the lower ends of jaws 6. Oneside of circular arm I5 is open and in which a horizontal wiper padholding bar I6 is centered with one end of the bar It soldered orotherwise suitably secured to the circular bar.

An endless wiper pad I! is constructed of a strip of suitable absorbentmaterial with its ends sewed together as indicated at l8 and the pad isfolded to provide inner and outer U-shaped layers 19 and 20 having theirupper portions placed over the arms 9 at the upper ends of jaws 6 andhaving the lower portions of the outer layer 20 placed under the sidesof the circular arms [5 and with the lower portion of the inner layer l9placed under the bar I6, as shown in Figure 2, to thus hold the pad onthe jaws.

A tubular container 2| is supported in a vertical position on lowercross bar l4 and in which the jaws 6 and wiper pad I1 are received whilethe upper edge of the container is positioned outwardly of stops l3,horizontal arms 9 and upstanding portions It) at the upper ends of thejaws to thus hold the container centered between handles 1.

A clip 22 is secured to the upper end of container 2| for attaching thedevice to the belt 23 of a person.

In the operation of the device, tension of the jaws 6 normally holds thesides of U-shaped pad l1 separated to receive an oil gauge rod 24inserted downwardly in container 2| and by squeezing handles I the jawswill be closed to bring the sides of the pad into close wiping contactwith the rod as it is withdrawn to clean the rod.

The pad may be turned on upper arms 9 and lower circular arm I5 to bringclean portions of the pad into wiping position, when desired.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An oil gauge rod wiper comprising a tubular horizontal pad holdersupported by the lower arms between the lower ends of the jaws, an endless pad including folded inner and outer U- shaped layers supported attheir upper portions on said upper arms and with the lower portion ofsaid outer layers underlying the, lower armsv and the lower portion ofsaid inner layer underlying the lower horizontal pad holder to support 7the pad on the jaws, a tubular container en closing the jaws and pad,'2, pair oftvertiealwire handles outwardly, of the container; aconnector uniting the lower ends of the handles and on which the bottomof the, container is supported,"*

and connectors uniting the upper ends of the jaws with their adjacenthandles and, holding the handles in an outwardly inclined position foractuating the jaws by inward. pressure on the handles 1 r 3. Anoil'gauge rod wiper comprising-a pair of vertical resilient wire jaws,upper and lower horizontal arms atthe ends. of the jaws, alowerhorizontal pad holder supported by the lower arms betweenthe'lbiiferends oirthe jaws, an endless pad including Lfolded inner and outer :u:-shaped layers supported at. their upper portions on said upper arms andwith the lower portion of said outer layers underlying the 'lowenarmsand the lower-portion of said inner layer underlying the lowerhorizontal padholder to 'sjupport the pad on thejaws, 'a tubulancontain'erenclosing the jaws and p'ad, a" pair of Vertical wire handlesoutwardly of the container, a-connector"" uniting the lower ends ofthehandlesan dpn which'the bottom of the container supported,

connectors uniting the upper ends or the aws with theiradjaceiifihandlesf and holdin handles in an outwardly inclined positiorr foractuating the jaws by inward pressure on the handles, and stops on saidlast-named connectors centering the container on the jaws.

' extending longitudinally of sa' 4 4. An oil gauge rod wiper comprisinga tubular container, a wire frame retaining the container in an uprightposition, said frame including a pair of spaced jaws disposed within andextending longitudinally of said container,

.handles disposed exteriorly of the container and connected at theirupper ends to said jaws for moving them toward one another, and asupporting bar underlying said container and connecting said handles toone another at their lower ends, a wiper pad on said jaws.

5. An oil gauge rod wiper comprising a tubular container, a wire frameretaining the container in an upright position, said frame including apair of spaced jaws disposed within and extending longitudinally of saidcontainer, handles disposed exteriorly of the container and connected attheir upper ends to said jaws for moving them toward one another, and asupporting bar underlying said container and connecting sai handles: toone another at theirlower ends,

'a: wiper pad: on; said; jaws, a split. ring. connecting the lower ends.of said jaws: to oneanother withthepontainer; said wiper pad comprisingan endlessbelthavi-ne its endssecured to the upper ends: of" said jaws.and its; intermediate portion securedtosa-id ring;

.6; An oil'gaugerod wiper comprising a bularcontainer, a wire 'frame:retaining tainerg'injan upright: position, said fr A6 including ap'airofspa ed jawsi-dispos container, ban-'- dles disposed ex'teriorly 0- hecontainer d connected" at their u'pp ends to said jaws for moving themtowar ne no h r. and a supportingbarundezying said containerandconnesting saiil ndlesto'one another at their lower '1 ends, a' witending longitudinally along the container.

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Nielson Nov. 9, 1948

